Zikun Mao
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, Shenyang, China
Area of expertise: Forest Ecology
Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, Shenyang, China
Area of expertise: Forest Ecology
Title: Associate professor
Email: maozikun@iae.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zikun-Mao
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Mao Z, Corrales A, Zhu K, Yuan Z, Lin F, Ye J, Hao Z, Wang X*. Tree mycorrhizal associations mediate soil fertility effects on forest community structure in a temperate forest. New Phytologist, 2019, 223: 475–486.
Mao Z, van der Plas F, Corrales A, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Bourg NA, Chu C, Hao Z, Jin G, Lian J, Lin F, Li B, Luo W, McShea WJ, Myers JA, Shen G, Wang X, Yan E-R, Ye J, Ye W, Yuan Z, Wang X*. Scale-dependent diversity–biomass relationships can be driven by tree mycorrhizal association and soil fertility. Ecological Monographs, 2023, 93: e1568.
Mao Z, Wiegand T, Corrales A, Fang S, Hao Z, Lin F, Ye J, Yuan Z, Wang X*. Mycorrhizal types regulate tree spatial associations in temperate forests: ectomycorrhizal trees might favour species coexistence. Ecology Letters, 2024, 27: e70005.
Wu X, Mao Z*, Sun W, Chen Y, Fang S, Jiang P, Lin F, Ye J, Zhang M, Zhu M, Wang X*. Above- and belowground effects of ectomycorrhizal dominance on soil carbon and nitrogen in a temperate forest. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2026, 19: rtaf143.
Yin J#, Mao Z#, Jiang P, Lombaerde ED, Ye J, Fang S, Lin F, Lü X, Wang X*. Seasonal variations in the mechanisms of understory herb diversity in a temperate forest in Northeast China. Ecological Indicators, 2024, 160: 111827.
毛子昆, 郝占庆, 原作强, 蔺菲, 叶吉, 匡旭, 王绪高*. 物种聚集分布与种间关系的多度不对称性. 中国科学: 生命科学, 2020, 50: 381–390.
毛子昆, 吴雪梅, 叶吉, 蔺菲, 房帅, 王绪高*. 森林植物多样性—生态系统功能关系的菌根影响机制: 进展与展望. 中国科学: 生命科学, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1360/SSV-2025-0347.